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Short-Term Irradiance Forecasting Using an Irradiance Sensor Network, Satellite
Imagery, and Data Assimilation
Antonio LorenzoDissertation Defense
April 14, 2017
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Problem & Hypothesis
Problem: imperfect solar power forecasts Hypothesis 1: ground sensors will improve forecastsHypothesis 2: hybrid methods will reduce errors
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3http://www.utilitydive.com/news/caiso-notches-record-serving-567-of-demand-with-renewable-energy-in-one/439085/
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Background: Solar Variability
Power from solar plants can be highly variable due to clouds
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Background: Solar Variability
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Background: Solar Variability
A 20 MW ramp is about equivalent to the demand of 10,000 homes
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Coal provides base power that cannot change quickly
Background: Solar Variability
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Background: Solar Variability
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Output from a gas turbine can be ramped quickly. Helps backup solar
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Utilities are accustomed to controlling their generators from a control room
Background: Solar Variability
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Background: Solar Variability
Utilities are accustomed to controlling their generators from a control room
Clouds/weather control the output of solar power plants
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UA Forecasting Partners
TEP
APSPNM
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Operational Forecasting for Utilities
● Our work includes a web page with graphics and information meant to help the utilities understand and use the forecasts
● Also have a HTTP API for programmatic access
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Irradiance to Power Conversion
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PV System Model
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Irradiance to Power Conversion
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PV System Model
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Context & Hypothesis
• TEP, APS, PNM need solar forecasts because variability is an issue
• Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences provides forecasts from a weather model (WRF)
• Physics department explored cloud camera and sensor network approaches
Hypothesis 1: ground sensors will improve forecastsHypothesis 2: hybrid methods will reduce errors
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Outline of my work
• Benchmark forecasts• Irradiance network forecasts• Satellite data assimilation
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Clear-Sky Index
Clear-Sky Index = Observations / Clear-Sky Expectation
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Terms
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Benchmarks
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Persistence Forecasts
• Forecast assuming a quantity doesn’t change, e.g.
• “the power output tomorrow will be the same as today”
• “the GHI in 15 minutes will be the same as it is now”
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Persistence Forecasts
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Persistence Forecasts
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Persistence Forecasts
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Benchmarks
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Benchmarks
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Benchmarks
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Outline of my work
• Benchmark forecasts• Irradiance network forecasts• Satellite data assimilation
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Irradiance Sensor Network
• Custom sensors• Inexpensive ($500)• Solar panel + battery
power• GSM modem to transmit
data in real-time• Built and deployed in
2014• Rooftop PV power data
• 5 minute average power• Proxy for irradiance• Thanks to Technicians for
Sustainability! A. T. Lorenzo, W. F. Holmgren, M. Leuthold, C. K. Kim, A. D. Cronin, and E. A.
Betterton, “Short-term PV power forecasts based on a real-time irradiance monitoring network,” in 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2014, pp. 0075–0079.
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Network Forecasts: Basic Premise
• One sensor predicts the output of another
• Map cloud field with enough sensors
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Network Forecasts: Implementation
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Network Forecasts: Results
• 20% improvement over clear-sky index persistence on average for 3 months of data
• Surprise: this 20% improvement was seen even at 2 hours
• Comparing only RMSE is not enough
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Taylor Diagram
Source: Taylor, 2001 doi: 10.1029/2000JD900719
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Taylor Diagram
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Taylor Diagram
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Taylor Diagram
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Taylor Diagram
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Taylor Diagram
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Taylor Diagram
● How the forecast will be used is important to assessing forecast quality
● Analyzing only RMSE may not be enough
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Taylor Diagram for Network Forecasts
● Network forecasts may have larger RMSE at some time horizons, but they better capture the observed variability
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Published work on irradiance network
A. T. Lorenzo, W. F. Holmgren, and A. D. Cronin, “Irradiance forecasts based on an irradiance monitoring network, cloud motion, and spatial averaging,” Sol. Energy, vol. 122, pp. 1158–1169, 2015.
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Network Forecasts: Results
Hypothesis 1: ground sensors will improve forecasts ✔Hypothesis 2: hybrid methods will reduce errors
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Network Forecast: Limitation
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Irradiance Sensors• Strengths
• High accuracy• High temporal
resolution• Weaknesses
• Low spatial coverage• Expensive to deploy and
maintain
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Strengths & Weaknesses
Satellite Imagery• Strengths
• Broad coverage• Freely available
• Weaknesses• Errors introduced
because GHI is a derived quantity
• Low temporal resolution
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Outline of my work
• Benchmark forecasts• Irradiance network forecasts• Satellite data assimilation
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Satellite Derived Irradiance
model
Light reflected from the tops of clouds Light that gets through clouds
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Satellite GHI Error
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Satellite-derived GHI estimate
• Two conversion models:• SE: A semi-empirical
model that applies a regression to data from visible images
• UASIBS: A physical model that estimates cloud properties and performs radiative transfer
• Nominally 1 km resolution• Using 75 km x 82 km area
over Tucson
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Optimal Interpolation
• Bayesian technique derived by minimizing the mean squared distance between the field and observations
• Is the best linear unbiased estimator of the field
• Same as the update step in the Kalman filter
OptimalInterpolation
Better satellite-derived estimate of GHI
Satellite image from http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/goesnew.html
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Optimal Interpolation
OptimalInterpolation
Better satellite-derived estimate of GHI
Satellite image from http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/goesnew.html
Satellite Derived Irradiance:
Observations:
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OI Algorithm
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xa= xb + W(y - Hxb)Better GHI estimate
Maps points from satellite
image to observations
Satellite image from http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/goesnew.html
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OI Algorithm
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xa= xb + W(y - Hxb)
W = PHT(R + HPHT)-1
Better GHI estimate
Need to a way to estimate these error covariances
Maps points from satellite
image to observations
Satellite image from http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/goesnew.html
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Error Covariances: P and R
• Decompose P into diagonal variance matrix and correlation matrix:
P = D1/2 C D1/2
• Prescribe a correlation between image pixels based on the difference in cloudiness to construct C
• Compute D from cloud free training images
• Assume observation errors are uncorrelated and estimate R from data
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OI Parameters
Distance Metrics that I studiedCorrelation Functionsthat I studied
500 training images * 2 models * 6 fold cross validation * 50 height adj. * 2 corr. methods * 3 corr. fcns. * ~10 corr. lengths * ~10 inflation params = 200 million OI analyses
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OI in action
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Results (one image)
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• No clouds in satellite albedo image
• No clouds in analysis using cloudiness correlation ✔
• Clouds with a smooth gradient in analysis using spatial correlation ✖
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Predicted vs Measured Scatterplot
• Dashed 1-to-1 line indicates perfect model
• Background is biased with time of day dependence
• Analysis removes bias and time dependence
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Optimal Interpolation Results
• 900 verification images analyzed
• Six-fold cross-validation over sensors performed
• The large bias for the empirical model was nearly eliminated
• RMSE reduced by 50%
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A. T. Lorenzo, M. Morzfeld, W. F. Holmgren, and A. D. Cronin, “Optimal interpolation of satellite and ground data for irradiance nowcasting at city scales,” Sol. Energy, vol. 144, pp. 466–474, 2017.
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Improved Satellite GHI Error
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Improved Satellite GHI Error
Hypothesis 1: ground sensors will improve forecasts ✔Hypothesis 2: hybrid methods will reduce errors ✔
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Future Work: Satellite Forecast
Hypothesis 1: ground sensors will improve forecasts ✔Hypothesis 2: hybrid methods will reduce errors ✔Hypothesis 3: hybrid methods will improve forecasts
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Future Work: Fusing together forecasts
Hypothesis 1: ground sensors will improve forecasts ✔Hypothesis 2: hybrid methods will reduce errors ✔Hypothesis 3: hybrid methods will improve forecasts
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Hypothesis & Results
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Summary
• Designed and deployed irradiance sensor network,• Used ground sensors to make short-term forecasts
that are superior to WRF or persistence,• Combined sensor data with satellite images to
improve irradiance nowcasts.
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